ACCUG - 2025 Annual Conference
 
 
CONFERENCE AGENDA

Last update: July 22, 2025

The 16th annual meeting of the Air-Cooled Condenser Users Group will include presentations and discussion on the following topic categories:

Chemistry and Corrosion
Design and Performance
Operation and Maintenance


Currently Planned Presentations:

  • ACC chemistry review and update
  • ACC tube analysis report
  • ACC inspection with wall thickness measurements
  • Water-saving colling for large nuclear plants
  • Wind effects on ACC and performance improvement opportunities
  • Maximizing ACC gearbox cost-benefit
  • Smart ACCs: using digital twins to optimize performance
  • ACC gearbox retrofit case study
  • Axial flow fan design for ACCs
  • A broad-spectrum approach to testing ACC performance
  • Film-forming chemicals for ACC corrosion mitigation
  • Fan lifecycle maintenance
  • ACC performance modeling
  • Innovative fan blade with aeroelastic design

Focus topics for presentation / discussion:

  • Water misting optimization and performance enhancement
  • Cold weather ACC operation

FULL AGENDA AVAILABLE HERE

Agenda Overview: all sessions at the Lake Granbury Conference Center unless noted

    Tuesday, July 29  
  7:00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration
  7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Breakfast
  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Welcome and Morning Session
  12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch
  1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Afternoon Session
  5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Reception at Hilton Garden Inn
     
  Wednesday, July 30  
  7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Breakfast
  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Morning Session
  12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch
  1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Afternoon Session
     
  Thursday, July 31  
  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Tour of Wolf Hollow II Facility